A report released last week by the Union of Concerned Scientists
(UCS), titled CAFOs Uncovered: The Untold Costs of Confined Animal
Feeding Operations, exposed the negative effects that Confined
Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO's) have on humans, animals and the
environment. Margaret Mellon, director of UCS's Food and Environment
Program said, “If CAFOs were forced to pay for the ripple effects of
harm they have caused, they wouldn't be dominating the U.S. meat
industry like they are today.”.